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pete william, justice correspondent for nbc news. clint van zandt, msnbc political analyst, and phillip mudd, former cia analyst, former deputy director of the fbi national security branch. he's author of the book "takedown." i wonder, i know we're filled in this country with strange thinking people, truthers, birthers that have off the wall theories. i don't know how anybody could look at this evidence presented so far and have some other theory of the case besides the indictment, itself. >> no, it's really coming together. i mean, there's -- as terrible as this case is and was, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of heavy lifting. we've got the two primary individuals. it's obvious that they had hands on the devices. the pieces we don't have, chris, are where was their inspiration? where did they get the guidance? who taught them how to build the bombs? >> why is that important? why is that important to -- is that important to prosecuting? i mean, what difference does it make why they did it if they did it? i'm being tough here. w
pete william, justice correspondent for nbc news. clint van zandt, msnbc political analyst, and phillip mudd, former cia analyst, former deputy director of the fbi national security branch. he's author of the book "takedown." i wonder, i know we're filled in this country with strange thinking people, truthers, birthers that have off the wall theories. i don't know how anybody could look at this evidence presented so far and have some other theory of the case besides the indictment,...
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nbc news justice correspondent in washington, thank you so much. addressing the issue on everyone's mind this evening. i want to bring in andrew kitzenberg. overlooking the street where those explosions and that shootout happened. andrew, can you describe for me what you saw this evening? >> yeah. i was sitting in my living room, actually, this room i'm in now and it was about 12:45, 12:50 when i heard a couple of gun shots, what sounded like gun shots and i walked over carefully and stud behind the walls ands and looked out my window. between a sedan and black mercedes benz suv. and there were two shooters with handguns that were taking cover behind the suv. they were shooting about what seemed to be 70 to 80 yards down towards watertown police officer vehicles. and the gunfire was going on for a few minutes and they also had explosives. what seemed to be maybe grenades and threw at least two of these explosives toward the officers. didn't look like anything. either of those got too close. but they also had a third explosive, which was a bigger ex
nbc news justice correspondent in washington, thank you so much. addressing the issue on everyone's mind this evening. i want to bring in andrew kitzenberg. overlooking the street where those explosions and that shootout happened. andrew, can you describe for me what you saw this evening? >> yeah. i was sitting in my living room, actually, this room i'm in now and it was about 12:45, 12:50 when i heard a couple of gun shots, what sounded like gun shots and i walked over carefully and stud...
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i'm brian williams, nbc news, new york. >>> and i'm tamron hall. "news nation" continues to follow the "news nation." michael is standing by live. michael, conflicting information. you've been in touch with pete williams. what are you hearing regarding solid leads now in this case? >> well, first of all, significant progress has been made. they have identified from this video at the lord and taylor building which is right by the second bomb site, a couple hundred yards from where i am now, an image of an individual who drops a black bag that could well have been used, and they may believe have been used for the bombing. but it's unclear. there is no confirmation of arrest, first of all. that's the first thing we have to say. the image may show somebody who they are seeking to find. in other words, seeking to find someone in that video but it is not clear they know exactly who that is. and it is not -- and it certainly is not clear that they have found that person yet. so they've got significant progress from yesterday. this is an answer from where
i'm brian williams, nbc news, new york. >>> and i'm tamron hall. "news nation" continues to follow the "news nation." michael is standing by live. michael, conflicting information. you've been in touch with pete williams. what are you hearing regarding solid leads now in this case? >> well, first of all, significant progress has been made. they have identified from this video at the lord and taylor building which is right by the second bomb site, a couple...
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for now, i'm lester holt, nbc news. >>> i'm mara schiavocampo in new york with break news related to the boston marathon bombing. police say that one of the two suspects has been killed in a shootout with law enforcement. the second suspect remains at large and is armed and dangerous. they are warning the public to use extreme caution going as far as to tell massachusetts residents to stay indoors and to not open their door unless they can confirm that the person on the other side is a police officer. you are looking at the picture of that man. suspect number two, who is at large at this time. police saying, quote, we believe this to be a terrorist. we believe this to be a man who has come to kill people. a number of developments have taken place over the last few hours. this is a very fast-moving story. i want to go now to nbc news correspondent michael isikoff, who is live on the ground in watertown, massachusetts, with the very latest on this developing story. michael, what can you tell us? all right. it appears we don't have michael isikoff ready. but we're looking at video of wh
for now, i'm lester holt, nbc news. >>> i'm mara schiavocampo in new york with break news related to the boston marathon bombing. police say that one of the two suspects has been killed in a shootout with law enforcement. the second suspect remains at large and is armed and dangerous. they are warning the public to use extreme caution going as far as to tell massachusetts residents to stay indoors and to not open their door unless they can confirm that the person on the other side is a...
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nbc news reports that at that shootout, 200 rounds were exchanged. and before that happened, he and his brother killed a security officer at m.i.t. held a man captive after carjacking him. and severely wounded another police officer. the older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, was 26. nbc news learned he spent six months last year outside of the country. authorities are still piecing together where he went and what he did during that time. there are many questions tonight. joining me to help answer them is nbc investigative correspondent michael isikoff and former director of the national counterterrorism center michael leiter. and former fbi profiler clint van zandt. let me start with michael leiter. the other day, it seems like a year ago, two, three days ago you, had this sense, professional instinct, if you will, that this killer, one of the two bombers, was a local. tell me how you came to that assessment. >> well, chris, my take -- >> he is a local. >> he is a local and he's got deep ties to boston. and my take was there's no doubt that the boston ma
nbc news reports that at that shootout, 200 rounds were exchanged. and before that happened, he and his brother killed a security officer at m.i.t. held a man captive after carjacking him. and severely wounded another police officer. the older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev, was 26. nbc news learned he spent six months last year outside of the country. authorities are still piecing together where he went and what he did during that time. there are many questions tonight. joining me to help answer...
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and this is nbc news' kerry sanders on the phone. you're hearing kerry's live reporting on the scene in watertown, massachusetts, and what you are seeing is the live video coverage from our boston affiliate whdh, i want to take a moment to listen into their coverage. again, this is our affiliate in boston. let's take a listen to their ongoing coverage. >> i can't confirm that. i'm just observing and telling you what i'm seeing here. whether this is for what happened at m.i.t. or shell or mobile or all of the above, i don't know. but there's an active search from air clearly going on right now. as back here on the ground, the crime scene gets bigger and more and more officers are being brought in, special operations from different towns are being brought in. so clearly it is still unfolding before us. and we are in a safer location now, thankfully, but what a wild night out here for the people who live in these homes. as you can see behind these businesses, it is a residential area. chris lambert who lives not far from here heard bang
and this is nbc news' kerry sanders on the phone. you're hearing kerry's live reporting on the scene in watertown, massachusetts, and what you are seeing is the live video coverage from our boston affiliate whdh, i want to take a moment to listen into their coverage. again, this is our affiliate in boston. let's take a listen to their ongoing coverage. >> i can't confirm that. i'm just observing and telling you what i'm seeing here. whether this is for what happened at m.i.t. or shell or...
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nbc news terrorism expert michael leiter is with us. michael, are you surprised the investigation is moving as quickly as it is? >> not really. it was funny, when i was asked questions about this four hours ago, we didn't have a lead, and people said, why isn't it moving faster. these pieces come into play. there is a lot going on behind the scenes and each small piece can lead to a big opening. identifying that these bombs were potentially in black backpacks or bags, it is a huge lead. you know what you are looking for. with so many people working on this and so much on since 9/11, i'm not particularly surprised. >> the counterterrorism chief said there is two basic ways these investigations go down. they get solved within the first few days or or months later or never. is that your experience. >> it does vary. there is often an early break. someone will take responsibility or you will have that video shot and it is easy to go. certainly if the case goes cold for only a couple of days, couple of weeks, it might be hard to pick that bac
nbc news terrorism expert michael leiter is with us. michael, are you surprised the investigation is moving as quickly as it is? >> not really. it was funny, when i was asked questions about this four hours ago, we didn't have a lead, and people said, why isn't it moving faster. these pieces come into play. there is a lot going on behind the scenes and each small piece can lead to a big opening. identifying that these bombs were potentially in black backpacks or bags, it is a huge lead....
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authorities also tell nbc news that he has cooperated with them so far. he's told investigators that he and his brother acted alone in last week's bombings at the boston marathon, that they had no contact with overseas terrorist groups. that's what he said. he said the brothers built the bomb with guidance from an online publication put out by the al qaeda off shoot in yemen called "inspire." it is written in english with instructions on how to build a bomb used last week. tsarnaev it's reported told authorities the motive for the attack has to do with their religious fervor, he and his brother's, and anger over the united states' wars in afghanistan and iraq. meanwhile, we're seeing new images from that dramatic shooting in watertown at 1:00 a.m. friday morning. they come from an eyewitness whose apartment overlooked the fire fight. the brothers are seen there crouching behind a car. at least one of them seems to be firing. the car on the right is that mercedes suv that was carjacked earlier in the night. in this last photo, by the way, the red circle is
authorities also tell nbc news that he has cooperated with them so far. he's told investigators that he and his brother acted alone in last week's bombings at the boston marathon, that they had no contact with overseas terrorist groups. that's what he said. he said the brothers built the bomb with guidance from an online publication put out by the al qaeda off shoot in yemen called "inspire." it is written in english with instructions on how to build a bomb used last week. tsarnaev...
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i want to bring in nbc's luke russert with us from copley square in boston, and here in new york, nbc investigative producer bob windram. bob, the criminal complaint has been served against dzhokhar tsarnaev. you've head it. how damning is this complaint for the suspect? >> i think what you have here is a very strong complaint. remember, this is not an indictment. and this was not an arraignment today but an initial appearance. one of the things that struck me, as i was reading it, was the description of the search warrant executed in his dorm room at the university of massachusetts. at pine dale hall, they found a pyrotechnic device. not further explained. they found what appears to be the white hat that he wore and the black jacket that he wore. as well as bbs. so what you have throughout this charging sheet is a number of very specific details that go to what appears to be a strong complaint against him. now, what happens as we go forward in terms of witnesses is not explained in this, but you can expect to see a large number of people coming forward, remember, everybody has those
i want to bring in nbc's luke russert with us from copley square in boston, and here in new york, nbc investigative producer bob windram. bob, the criminal complaint has been served against dzhokhar tsarnaev. you've head it. how damning is this complaint for the suspect? >> i think what you have here is a very strong complaint. remember, this is not an indictment. and this was not an arraignment today but an initial appearance. one of the things that struck me, as i was reading it, was...
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pete, thanks so much for being on top of all of this for everyone here at nbc news. nbc's katie tour is in watertown. katie, do you want to describe the scene there in watertown, which has been really ground zero of the search? >> certainly. i had a news conference a little while ago. they said they've been able to comb about 60 to 70% of this town. they've been knocking on doors, every door for about 12 hours now, we are getting the military helicopters circling once again. they left for a little while. some of them have landed. so i wonder if this guy will be landing as well. the police helicopter stopped circling. for the most part it's calmed down significantly here in the past few hours. we have seen police cruisers, military vehicles go back and forth. there was a flurry of activity a few hours ago. but in the past two, two and a half hours, it has significantly calmed down. they have been knocking on doors as i've said for 12 hours, trying to comb this entire neighborhood for dzhokah tsarnaev, to see where he could possibly be hiding, if he is here. i can tell
pete, thanks so much for being on top of all of this for everyone here at nbc news. nbc's katie tour is in watertown. katie, do you want to describe the scene there in watertown, which has been really ground zero of the search? >> certainly. i had a news conference a little while ago. they said they've been able to comb about 60 to 70% of this town. they've been knocking on doors, every door for about 12 hours now, we are getting the military helicopters circling once again. they left for...
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actually, just in in the last couple of minutes from nbc news on this specifically. and i want to tell you what nbc has told us. sources involved are telling nbc news that the pressure cooker bombs in boston were designed and placed to act quote like a homemade clay moor, a powerful directional antipersonnel device, so they don't spray in 360 degrees. they're directional. so these sources are telling nbc news, these and other sources, the triggering mechanism appears to have included a battery pack and a circuit board, elements of a sophisticated triggering mechanism. quote it appeared to be built from scratch, but with a sophisticated triggering mechanism. all bombs are crude devices and it is the way they are triggered that can be sophisticated. they functioned as designed. pressure cookers are exactly what you are thinking. they are metal cooking pots that clamp the top down tight with a tight seal allowing you to cook food faster under pressure with a normal lid like a normal pot. if it sounds like i am not a person who cooks, you're right. to make a bomb out of
actually, just in in the last couple of minutes from nbc news on this specifically. and i want to tell you what nbc has told us. sources involved are telling nbc news that the pressure cooker bombs in boston were designed and placed to act quote like a homemade clay moor, a powerful directional antipersonnel device, so they don't spray in 360 degrees. they're directional. so these sources are telling nbc news, these and other sources, the triggering mechanism appears to have included a battery...
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nbc news has confirmed senator matt baucus has decided not to run for reelection. this is significant. he voted against background checks but he has an a plus rating. there are adds run against him in advance of 2014. and so we are also looking at the gun control issue in the context of what is going on in boston. so let's start there with the latest. today members of congress are going to learn more about what the fbi knew about the tsarnaev brothers. tamerlan is dead now. dzhokhar tsarnaev accused of using weapons of mass destruction. today the senate intelligence committee. >> there is no way we are going to rest until we see the information at our disposal. >> congressman william ketoing says he is traveling to moscow to get answers. congressman king and mike mccaul waiting. senator lindsey graham blamed a misspelling for the disconnect on dzhokhar tsarnaev's trip to russia. >> i think they did a good job of looking at him. the reason we didn't know he went to russia is because the name was misspelled. >> we are learning about a motive. officials say dzhokhar t
nbc news has confirmed senator matt baucus has decided not to run for reelection. this is significant. he voted against background checks but he has an a plus rating. there are adds run against him in advance of 2014. and so we are also looking at the gun control issue in the context of what is going on in boston. so let's start there with the latest. today members of congress are going to learn more about what the fbi knew about the tsarnaev brothers. tamerlan is dead now. dzhokhar tsarnaev...
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i want to bring in nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff with us from boston. mike, the vice president says these knockoff jihadis as we called them were motivated by outright fear. but what are the latest details that we're learning about the suspects and who they really are? >> reporter: well, look, there are still very big outstanding questions. most prominently, what drove them to this act? who might have radicalized them? as we've reported over the last few days, dzhokhar tsarnaev has told investigators they acted alone. they learned how to build the bomb over the internet from "inspire" magazine. they were motivated by a desire to defend islam because of the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan. but there's still the outstanding question, what would have -- what changed? who radicalized them? we know that when that russian fsb request to the fbi comes, it says, interestingly, that tamerlan tsarnaev has become a follower of radical islam and that he has changed drastically. that suggests they had some information from -- from somebody close to him or somebody
i want to bring in nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff with us from boston. mike, the vice president says these knockoff jihadis as we called them were motivated by outright fear. but what are the latest details that we're learning about the suspects and who they really are? >> reporter: well, look, there are still very big outstanding questions. most prominently, what drove them to this act? who might have radicalized them? as we've reported over the last few...
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nbc news learned trains from the u.s. to canada were among the possible targets. stephanie goss has more now. >> reporter: the two suspects are not (indicating) citizens -- are not canadian citizens, they are charged with guiding direction. the u.s. learned that trains originating in the u.s. were among those scouted as possible targets. the investigation called operation smooth has been ongoing for the last year with help from the fbi and the u.s. department for homeland security. canadian authorities emphasize the plot was still in its planning stages, the public was not in imminent danger but these two suspects haed the capacity and intent to follow through. officials say there is no connection between these suspects and the boston marathon bombing. >> all right. now, here's your in the kwirs look" at this dish of scrambled politics. president obama has invited all 20 female senators to dinner at the white house tonight. it's the latest scheduled by the president in an effort to find common ground with congress. no word on yet who has rsvped. >>> well, a new yo
nbc news learned trains from the u.s. to canada were among the possible targets. stephanie goss has more now. >> reporter: the two suspects are not (indicating) citizens -- are not canadian citizens, they are charged with guiding direction. the u.s. learned that trains originating in the u.s. were among those scouted as possible targets. the investigation called operation smooth has been ongoing for the last year with help from the fbi and the u.s. department for homeland security....
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joining me today here in new york city, nbc news capitol hill correspondent luke russert, and misterrorism expert michael leiter, and bob herbert, a distinguished senior fellow at dimos. >>> let's go to kristin welker for more. >> reporter: alex, good afternoon. here's what we know at this hour. this letter was received yesterday at an off-site mail facility. i want to emphasize that. it did not get close to the white house. it's typical for letters sent to this facility to undergo a screening. during that process, it was discovered that a letter addressed to president obama did contain a suspicious substance action as you mentioned, similar to the letter that was sent to senator wicker. so right now secret service is working in concert with the fbi, with the capitol police, to determine exactly who sent this letter why and what the motive is. we are expecting press secretary jay carney to deliver his daily briefing. i want to make sure this is very clear. this was a scheduled briefing for 11:45, so we expect him to come out at any minute. he will undoubtedly get a number of questions abou
joining me today here in new york city, nbc news capitol hill correspondent luke russert, and misterrorism expert michael leiter, and bob herbert, a distinguished senior fellow at dimos. >>> let's go to kristin welker for more. >> reporter: alex, good afternoon. here's what we know at this hour. this letter was received yesterday at an off-site mail facility. i want to emphasize that. it did not get close to the white house. it's typical for letters sent to this facility to...
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pete williams, thanks so much. >>> joining us now in new york, michael leiter, an nbc news terrorism expert and former director of the national counterterrorism center. with us from boston, kevin cullen, columnist with "the boston globe." michael, you and i were just talking about, just with the volume of forensic evidence, how are they making decisions about what leads to pursue and sort of what to do with all this evidence? >> yes. there's a huge amount of physical evidence, digital media. that's the videotape and the like. and there's, of course, all the intelligence that we're not hearing about and we shouldn't hear about. the clandestinely collected human intelligence, signals intelligence. phone calls, e ma-mails and the like. what you have is a large joint terrorism task force in boston that is kind of collecting a lot of this. back in washington you have fundamentally every bit of the federal government, department of homeland security, fbi, putting hundreds if not thousands of people on this. prioritizing that is a really key element. at the very beginning, they're going to
pete williams, thanks so much. >>> joining us now in new york, michael leiter, an nbc news terrorism expert and former director of the national counterterrorism center. with us from boston, kevin cullen, columnist with "the boston globe." michael, you and i were just talking about, just with the volume of forensic evidence, how are they making decisions about what leads to pursue and sort of what to do with all this evidence? >> yes. there's a huge amount of physical...
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with us former fbi profiler and nbc news analyst, clint van zandt. the controlled explosion and the caution from governor patrick to stay in your homes, would certainly seem to suggest that -- well there may be bombs planted elsewhere in the city, that they are trying to secure the area as much as they can, but there are certainly still some unknowns. >> yeah. it seems like they've told us a couple of things or haven't told us a couple things. number one, what was missing from that press conference that we all hoped to hear was that we have subject number two barricaded in a house, the house is surrounded and we're conducting negotiations. we didn't hear that. that doesn't mean it's not taking place. but the state police commander colonel indicated they searched about 60% of the houses. does that mean they searched it for the subject and haven't found him yet? they've searched it for explosive devices. there's a lot of conjecture that's open right there. but with this talk about the explosive devices, when they say controlled, what it may be, for exa
with us former fbi profiler and nbc news analyst, clint van zandt. the controlled explosion and the caution from governor patrick to stay in your homes, would certainly seem to suggest that -- well there may be bombs planted elsewhere in the city, that they are trying to secure the area as much as they can, but there are certainly still some unknowns. >> yeah. it seems like they've told us a couple of things or haven't told us a couple things. number one, what was missing from that press...
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well, nbc news reported that the bomb's triggering mechanism was fairly sophisticated. it included a battery pack and circuit board, both of which were recovered at the scene. there's no indication at this time of any connection to overseas groups. meanwhile, a devastated defeat in washington for gun safety advocates this afternoon. the u.s. senate has voted down the compromised deal on extended background checks put forth by joe manchin and pat toomey. the vote was 54 for, 46 against. it takes 60 votes to get a bill passed. president obama was joined afterwards by gabby giffords and families of newtown victims and delivered one passionate reaction to today's vote which roughly 40% of the american people believe in something, the senate failed to respond. >> all in all, this was a pretty shameful day for washington. but this effort is not over. >> 90% of the american people support extended background checks and they couldn't get it passed in the representative u.s. senate. >>> let's again with the latest on the investigation up in boston into those bombings. nbc analys
well, nbc news reported that the bomb's triggering mechanism was fairly sophisticated. it included a battery pack and circuit board, both of which were recovered at the scene. there's no indication at this time of any connection to overseas groups. meanwhile, a devastated defeat in washington for gun safety advocates this afternoon. the u.s. senate has voted down the compromised deal on extended background checks put forth by joe manchin and pat toomey. the vote was 54 for, 46 against. it takes...
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i have breaking news to give you right now. this is brand-new from nbc news. this is pete williams. several officials familiar with the initial interrogation of dzhokhar tsarnaev at the hospital in boston describe him as cooperative, a senior government official tells nbc news that tsarnaev has told them by writing some answers and by nodding yes or shaking his head no to others that he and his brother were not in touch with any overseas terrorists or groups. and that they conceived the bombing attack on their own, motivated he told them by religious fervor. they got their instructions on how to make bombs from the internet, he said, according to these officials. again, that is breaking news from just moments ago from pete williams at nbc news. we'll give you more on that as we learn it. >>> today at beth israel medical center in boston, a federal court hearing was called to order in the hospital room. a federal magistrate judge came to the hospital along with the defense attorney and the prosecutor, and late this afternoon they released a transcript of the court hearing conducted r
i have breaking news to give you right now. this is brand-new from nbc news. this is pete williams. several officials familiar with the initial interrogation of dzhokhar tsarnaev at the hospital in boston describe him as cooperative, a senior government official tells nbc news that tsarnaev has told them by writing some answers and by nodding yes or shaking his head no to others that he and his brother were not in touch with any overseas terrorists or groups. and that they conceived the bombing...
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nbc news white house correspondent. great to have that perspective. i want to bring in now from boylston street in boston, nbc's carey saunders who's out there in the cold. i understand police are still on the scene right now. what can you tell us about what things look like right there right now? >> reporter: well, it is is pretty much shut down. it will continue to be that way through into tomorrow. the reason that is, the authorities are treating this vast area as a crime scene. it's possible there may be a clue that is not quite obvious in the daylight, perhaps it will reveal itself. and so most of the access in and out is going to be restricted. there's a tremendous presence of police officers here. the boston police department is on alpha bravo shifts. that means officers are on 12 hours. when they go off, officers come on for another 12 hours and they're going to continue that for the nikts cext couple of da. the focus here is to find a suspect or suspects. ed davis, the police commissioner says anybody who believes there's a suspect is at brin
nbc news white house correspondent. great to have that perspective. i want to bring in now from boylston street in boston, nbc's carey saunders who's out there in the cold. i understand police are still on the scene right now. what can you tell us about what things look like right there right now? >> reporter: well, it is is pretty much shut down. it will continue to be that way through into tomorrow. the reason that is, the authorities are treating this vast area as a crime scene. it's...
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and joining me now is nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander. peter, a good sunday morning to you. big questions of whether or not dzhokhar tsarnaev will be charged as an enemy combatant. what do we know about where the white house is leaning? >> reporter: the white house is convinced the way this is being handled presently is the way it should be handled. that krcriticism about whether not tsarnaev should be handled as an enemy combatant is coming from republican lawmakers, john mccain and lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, and new york's representative, peter king. let's give you a accepts where this is right now. so law enforcement enacted basically an effort not to read tsarnaev his miranda rights. that means not telling him he has the right to remain silent under what they call the public safety exception, allows them to get as much information as they can within the immediate hours after his arrest. in case there is information about other plots or perhaps other accomplices but it's li likely that he hasn't even been questioned yet because of h
and joining me now is nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander. peter, a good sunday morning to you. big questions of whether or not dzhokhar tsarnaev will be charged as an enemy combatant. what do we know about where the white house is leaning? >> reporter: the white house is convinced the way this is being handled presently is the way it should be handled. that krcriticism about whether not tsarnaev should be handled as an enemy combatant is coming from republican lawmakers,...
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a couple other things i want to update you on nbc news recently learned. seven ieds were apparently recovered in some of these house-to-house searches in watertown and in cambridge. also we're being told that in that gun battle that raged overnight, some 200 rounds were exchanged. the massachusetts state police is also noting that they will likely hold another briefing some time before 6:00 tonight, 6:00 p.m. eastern, obviously. and there's also been some talk from the state police there that the bombers were not the people who robbed that 7-eleven we heard so much about. there's a separate picture of that suspect. but they had gotten gas at a gas station elsewhere in cambridge and there are images of that as well. >> erica hill, thank you so much for joining us. we're joined now from washington by nbc news terrorism analyst, roger cressey. roger, tell us for a moment, if you can, an chechen terrorism. because as i understand it, historically chechen terrorism has been much more related to national boundaries and geography as opposed to any kind of hatred
a couple other things i want to update you on nbc news recently learned. seven ieds were apparently recovered in some of these house-to-house searches in watertown and in cambridge. also we're being told that in that gun battle that raged overnight, some 200 rounds were exchanged. the massachusetts state police is also noting that they will likely hold another briefing some time before 6:00 tonight, 6:00 p.m. eastern, obviously. and there's also been some talk from the state police there that...
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national correspondent for nbc news. michael, thank you for this. we're watching, we're trying to learn, what do you make of this testimony by the -- of the man in fair condition now? the younger brother? is it to be believed? >> reporter: well, it is worth pointing out that it's not actually in his interest to say this. the one option he's got now is to try to figure out a way to avoid the death penalty because the evidence against him is so overwhelming. and the best way to do that would be to tell authorities that there were others involved as part of a deal to save his life. at least that's what any lawyer would tell him. and that's not what he's done. so in many -- in some respects, he's actually hurt himself by saying this. now, that said, it is also worth noting that the preliminary review by fbi agents of the cell phones and e-mails of the two brothers does not show, does not appear to show any indication of accomplices or connections to outside terror groups. i should stress this is early in the investigation. there's going to be a lot more
national correspondent for nbc news. michael, thank you for this. we're watching, we're trying to learn, what do you make of this testimony by the -- of the man in fair condition now? the younger brother? is it to be believed? >> reporter: well, it is worth pointing out that it's not actually in his interest to say this. the one option he's got now is to try to figure out a way to avoid the death penalty because the evidence against him is so overwhelming. and the best way to do that...
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what this family was all about. >> ron allen from nbc news covering two of them. on your screen right now, live pictures from a helicopter over top. earlier on they were unable to fly. there was a no-fly zone over certain areas. we are watching as they zoom in in watertown. an area that is about 32,000 people and separated from the rest of the other areas there in boston. we are also waiting for a news briefing. that was supposed to start about 15 minutes ago. clint xanthopoulos and now that you have been looking at the data and trickling in over the last eight or nine hours, it seems uncanny from a person that is watching for the outside in how things have changed so quickly and in a short amount of time. what's your perspective as a former fbi profiler and a professional watching this information come in. >> it's good to see the investigative agencies pull this together and realize 48 hours ago, we didn't have a name or a picture. we knew we had dead and wounded in boston. now we have one subject down and another subject identified. we have a third subject barri
what this family was all about. >> ron allen from nbc news covering two of them. on your screen right now, live pictures from a helicopter over top. earlier on they were unable to fly. there was a no-fly zone over certain areas. we are watching as they zoom in in watertown. an area that is about 32,000 people and separated from the rest of the other areas there in boston. we are also waiting for a news briefing. that was supposed to start about 15 minutes ago. clint xanthopoulos and now...
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now, let's bring in jonathan, investigative reporter for w nbc here in new york. what is the latest you have? in particular, can you bring viewers up to speed on travel that tamerlan, the older brother, who is now deceased has done recently? >> last year from january through july he left, flew out of new york's kennedy airport and flew to russia and spent six months overseas. whereabouts unknown. they're desperately trying to track those movements to find out was he just going back to visit relatives or did he go to engage in some sort of terror training or rad dalization? that remains unanswered at this early stage of the investigation. that is one piece of the puzzle. the other question or these documents that we've obtained show that law enforcement really didn't get on to their trail till recently because based on the travel warnings, they weren't date stamped till 6:00 a.m. this morning on both the brothers. so it's clear they really weren't on the radar screen anytime before in terms of law enforcement. so people always ask, where there any warning signs? we
now, let's bring in jonathan, investigative reporter for w nbc here in new york. what is the latest you have? in particular, can you bring viewers up to speed on travel that tamerlan, the older brother, who is now deceased has done recently? >> last year from january through july he left, flew out of new york's kennedy airport and flew to russia and spent six months overseas. whereabouts unknown. they're desperately trying to track those movements to find out was he just going back to...
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joining me now from watertown is nbc news erica hill. erica, just run us through what happened from the point the press conference ended earlier tonight saying that we do not have a suspect in custody, and to the point where the next press conference is announcing that we do. >> reporter: in that span, it wasn't a huge span of time. just after 6:00, as you can hear, there's a lot of excitement in watertown. you have to remember too, this was a town where people that really followed that rule to please stay in place, to stay in their homes, to stay safe. it was eerily quiet on these streets all day long as we watched officers in full gear going house to house. and there was a press conference -- [ sirens ] >> erica, we're going to come back to you when we can hear you. right now, the celebration as it were of what's occurred in watertown, watertown obviously greatly relieved. the town was locked down all day. people told that they, above all, more than anyone else in this region should not leave their homes. they were the people in most d
joining me now from watertown is nbc news erica hill. erica, just run us through what happened from the point the press conference ended earlier tonight saying that we do not have a suspect in custody, and to the point where the next press conference is announcing that we do. >> reporter: in that span, it wasn't a huge span of time. just after 6:00, as you can hear, there's a lot of excitement in watertown. you have to remember too, this was a town where people that really followed that...
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new images obtained by nbc news inside the nursing home. torn up by last week's explosion. >> it was just black smoke, windows all blown out. i thought, my god, what has happened? >> reporter: the administrator wants the world to know of the heroic efforts by the employees and first responders who rushed to pull 130 elderly residents from the rubble. >> has it sunk in yet? >> no. not really. >> reporter: you can hear the panic in the 911 calls. >> look, our house, our whole windows, everything, it sounded like a bomb on 35. i don't know what's going on. >> investigators say they found the origin of the explosion. but won't say where it is. and they still aren't sure what caused wednesday's initial fire. >> we do not have a time line. >> reporter: the fertilizer's facility owner is working closely with investigators and pledges to do everything it can to understand what happened. but already some lawmakers are asking whether chemical storage regulations need to be strengthened. residents wonder how long it will take to rebuild. >> there is a
new images obtained by nbc news inside the nursing home. torn up by last week's explosion. >> it was just black smoke, windows all blown out. i thought, my god, what has happened? >> reporter: the administrator wants the world to know of the heroic efforts by the employees and first responders who rushed to pull 130 elderly residents from the rubble. >> has it sunk in yet? >> no. not really. >> reporter: you can hear the panic in the 911 calls. >> look, our...
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for more, we are join by nbc news terrorism expert roger cressey. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> picking up on the reporting we have this criminal charge which talks about the use of explosive devices resulting in death and destruction of property as well as the narrative, separate from those criminal charges. just about what these suspects now called bomber one and bomber two, were up to. what does that tell us beyond what we already knew about how the government is looking at this case? >> well, the complaints are a pretty compelling narrative of what they did. and there is plenty of evidence they identified in the complaint that will be used in federal court. clearly the video surveillance footage will be key to this. there is also plenty of other evidence. some of it was found at the university of dartmouth, university of massachusetts dartmouth dorm room. and all of that will be brought together. what you see is a pretty complete picture of how these guys went about the bombing on monday and then the narrative of what led up t
for more, we are join by nbc news terrorism expert roger cressey. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> picking up on the reporting we have this criminal charge which talks about the use of explosive devices resulting in death and destruction of property as well as the narrative, separate from those criminal charges. just about what these suspects now called bomber one and bomber two, were up to. what does that tell us beyond what we already knew about how the government...
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nbc news has obtained this video of an ambulance leaving the scene. the suspect has not been myrrh an di -- mirandaized. and broadly asserted by the obama administration, tonight the president spoke of what appears to be the end of the first chapter of this national episode. >> in this age of instant reporting, tweets and blogs, there's a temptation to latch on to any bit of information, sometimes to jump to conclusions, but when a tragedy like this happens, with public safety at risk and the stakes so high, it's important that we do this right. that's why we have investigations. that's why we relentlessly gather the facts. that's why we have courts. that's why we take care not to rush to judgment, not about the motivations of these individuals, certainly not about entire groups people. >> after a day in which the greater boston area was in lockdown, a virtual ghosttown, nearly as far as we can tell, unprecedented. less than an hour after the curfew was lifted this was the result. >> a man had gone out of his house after being inside the house all day
nbc news has obtained this video of an ambulance leaving the scene. the suspect has not been myrrh an di -- mirandaized. and broadly asserted by the obama administration, tonight the president spoke of what appears to be the end of the first chapter of this national episode. >> in this age of instant reporting, tweets and blogs, there's a temptation to latch on to any bit of information, sometimes to jump to conclusions, but when a tragedy like this happens, with public safety at risk and...
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. >> nbc news terrorism analyst, great to have you on. >>> joining me now is the congressman with the house homeland security committee. it's good to have you here. i want to talk about whether tsarnaev is going to be charged today. right now as we all understand it he hasn't been read his miranda rights to keep him in a gray area right now whether or not he would be considered an enemy combatant or information that he would be allowing to investigators may not be used against him if he were try to be tried as an american civilian. as i talked there with roger about the fact that congressman peter king over the weekend said the homeland is the battlefield and that times have really changed, what are your thoughts about what the congressman has said about the fbi and that they may have missed red flags and the fact that the homeland is the battlefield? >> as you know, thomas, the fbi conducts thousands of interviews like this. i will say that they do a good job. i would say unless there was some evidence that would lead them to not do something to this individual, i would say they did
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nbc news did not confirm that report. another report that dzhokhar sold pot on campus prior to the bombings and he sold that to make money to get by. joe biden is expected to attend a memorial service for sean collier killed by the bombing suspects allegedly and more healing. boylston street reopened earlier this morning. crews removed the barriers around 3:00 a.m. the site of the first explosion has been repaved and surrounded by construction cones. we'll hear from pete williams tracking down a new lead in this case. we'll get pete on as soon as we can. first, to the possible miscommunication and breakdown between intelligence and other federal officials. lawmakers learned yesterday homeland security was pinged when tamerlan tsarnaev went to russia but they didn't tell the fbi. here's republican congressman michael mccaul on "the daily rundown." >> we talked a lot about connecting the dots and stovepipes after 9/11 and here we are 12 years later and the fact remains it's still not working. >> joining me right now is inde
nbc news did not confirm that report. another report that dzhokhar sold pot on campus prior to the bombings and he sold that to make money to get by. joe biden is expected to attend a memorial service for sean collier killed by the bombing suspects allegedly and more healing. boylston street reopened earlier this morning. crews removed the barriers around 3:00 a.m. the site of the first explosion has been repaved and surrounded by construction cones. we'll hear from pete williams tracking down...
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joining me now nbc news white house correspondent kristin welker. i know the president was addressing the bombing in his weekly address. what did he say about it? >> reporter: well, alex, the president has been striking sort of a defiant tone both in his weekly address, also remember when he addressed that interfaith service in boston on thursday highlighting the resilience of not only boston but america as a whole, and that's really part of his main message in his weekly address which was released today. take a little business of a listen to what he had to say. >> through the day that is would test even the sturdiest of souls, boston's spirit remains unyou don'ted. america's spirit remains undimmed. our faith in each other, our love for this country, our common creed that cuts across whatever superficial differences we may have, that's what makes us strong. that's why we endure. >> reporter: alex, we have seen the president go into an all-too-familiar role which is sort of the consoler in chief. we saw him assume this role, of course, after the new
joining me now nbc news white house correspondent kristin welker. i know the president was addressing the bombing in his weekly address. what did he say about it? >> reporter: well, alex, the president has been striking sort of a defiant tone both in his weekly address, also remember when he addressed that interfaith service in boston on thursday highlighting the resilience of not only boston but america as a whole, and that's really part of his main message in his weekly address which...
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joining me now from watertown is nbc news erica hill. erica, just run us through what happened from the point the press conference ended earlier tonight saying that we do not have a suspect in custody, and to the point where the next press conference is announcing we do can? >> reporter: in that span, it wasn't a huge span of time. just after 6:00, as you can hear, there's a lot of excitement in watertown. this is a town where people have followed that rule to stay in their homes to stay safe. it was eerily quiet as we watched officers in full gear, going house to house. and there was a press conference -- [ inaudible ] >> erica, we're going to come back to you when we can hear you. right now, the celebration as it were of what's occurred in watertown, watertown obviously greatly relieved. the town was locked down all day. people told that they, above all, more than anyone else in the region shouldn't leave their homes. they were the people in most danger. that turned out to be absolutely true. the suspect was found hiding in a boat that
joining me now from watertown is nbc news erica hill. erica, just run us through what happened from the point the press conference ended earlier tonight saying that we do not have a suspect in custody, and to the point where the next press conference is announcing we do can? >> reporter: in that span, it wasn't a huge span of time. just after 6:00, as you can hear, there's a lot of excitement in watertown. this is a town where people have followed that rule to stay in their homes to stay...
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from nbc news, at the police staging area. do you have a sense how confident police are that this suspect has been restricted to that area? >> it may well be the case. several hours ago, we saw convoys of military vehicles, buses of police and motorcycles and other armed law enforcement officers. all congregating in the staging area behind me across from the mall in a parking lot. it looked like they were preparing for some sort of confrontation if not an assault. there were a lot of sirens going on. that activity seems to have abat abated. they think they know where the suspect is. clearly there was a pretty good sense here watching this that they seemed to be preparing for what could be a very violent confrontation with the suspect or suspects. shortly about a couple of hours ago now, governor patrick came out and we were told that the entire city of boston was under lockdown. that seemed to escalate the concerns. we don't know right now as we have been told, they believe they have the suspect cornered in an area and the sec
from nbc news, at the police staging area. do you have a sense how confident police are that this suspect has been restricted to that area? >> it may well be the case. several hours ago, we saw convoys of military vehicles, buses of police and motorcycles and other armed law enforcement officers. all congregating in the staging area behind me across from the mall in a parking lot. it looked like they were preparing for some sort of confrontation if not an assault. there were a lot of...
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joining me nbc's tom brokaw, peggy noonan, and bloomberg news jeffrey goldberg also of "the atlantic" magazine. an emotional week for boston and for the country as we were all on high alert and as we search for meaning in it all, we'll get the first draft of history through the eyes of the one and only doris kearns goodwin, herself a bostonian. >>> given the big events of the week there was a lot of material out there you might have missed. we put together a list of some of my must reads and must see surrounding the boston tragedy including a piece called "the culprit." with more of the back story on the two bombing suspects. you can find it on our press pass blog. as always you can follow me all weeklong on twitte twitter @davidgregory. here is something not to miss this copping week. tune in to nbc news thursday as all five living former presidents gather for the dedication of the george w. bush library and museum. i will be down there and on "today" matt lauer will have is a live interview with the former president and mrs. bush. coming up here after the break, our special edition
joining me nbc's tom brokaw, peggy noonan, and bloomberg news jeffrey goldberg also of "the atlantic" magazine. an emotional week for boston and for the country as we were all on high alert and as we search for meaning in it all, we'll get the first draft of history through the eyes of the one and only doris kearns goodwin, herself a bostonian. >>> given the big events of the week there was a lot of material out there you might have missed. we put together a list of some of...
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joining me nbc's tom brokaw, peggy noonan, and bloomberg news jeffrey goldberg also of "the atlantic" magazine. an emotional week for boston and for the country as we were all on high alert and as we search for meaning in it all, we'll get the first draft of history through the eyes of the one and only doris kearns goodwin, herself a bostonian. revolutionizing an industry can be a tough act to follow, but at xerox we've embraced a new role. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document costs by up to 30%... and processing $421 billion dollars in accounts payables each year. helping thousands of companies simplify how work gets done. how's that for an encore? with xerox, you're ready for real business. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade.
joining me nbc's tom brokaw, peggy noonan, and bloomberg news jeffrey goldberg also of "the atlantic" magazine. an emotional week for boston and for the country as we were all on high alert and as we search for meaning in it all, we'll get the first draft of history through the eyes of the one and only doris kearns goodwin, herself a bostonian. revolutionizing an industry can be a tough act to follow, but at xerox we've embraced a new role. working behind the scenes to provide...
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. >>> joining me now nbc news justice correspondent, the man who has been leading our coverage all week long, pete williams. former director of the national counterterrorism center and now an nbc national security analyst, michael leiter, a former fbi agent, mike rogers, former secretary of homeland security under president bush, co-cham chairman of the chertoff group, michael chertoff, and in just a few minutes we'll be joined by the assistant majority leader dick durbin, but i want to begin here with pete and mike liter on the latest in terms of what we're tracking. pete williams, the big question at this moment, was there a foreign connection to terrorism? what do we know? >> well, we don't know the answer to that question. the big gap here is what was the older brother doing in russia for six months last year? he leaves in january, arrives in july, and the russians have told the fbi that they were a little worried about him. but what was he doing during all that time in russia? his father says he was visiting him, that he went to see his family, went to renew his russian passport wh
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i want to bring in nbc news correspondent adrian mung who is in moscow for us to pick up the story from there. adrian, what, if anything, do we know about that trip to russia last year? >> reporter: well, good day. it's still unclear whether the elder son tamerlan, actually did meet someone suspicious. we know that he was with his father. his father has spoken at length about both sons actually. he did confirm the man did come out and visit and stayed with them. both parents have actually said that they believe both sons, the 26-year-old tamerlan, now deceased, and the 19-year-old dzhokhar, the one who's in custody in the hospital, they say that they were framed. and the mother has actually accused the fbi of regularly harassing the family. she says because they are chechens, ethnic chechens. now, the parents have been living more recently in dagestan which is in the north caucuses region. now, this is a very troubled area. it's a small russian republic, but it's neighboring chechnya. both of these areas have seen a lot of conflict, particularly an active separatist group in dagestan ri
i want to bring in nbc news correspondent adrian mung who is in moscow for us to pick up the story from there. adrian, what, if anything, do we know about that trip to russia last year? >> reporter: well, good day. it's still unclear whether the elder son tamerlan, actually did meet someone suspicious. we know that he was with his father. his father has spoken at length about both sons actually. he did confirm the man did come out and visit and stayed with them. both parents have actually...
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nbc news terrorism analyst evan coleman is joining me in studio. i want to thank you for being here. let's talk about radicalization, because we heard from former white house counterterrorism expert richard clark this morning. let's listen to what he had to say. >> how do you tell when someone gets radicalized? they're normal, they're happy kids in cambridge, then something happens. a switch is flipped. how can the fbi, how can homeland security notice when that happens? what i want to know is what did the russians do when he went back to russia? they had already said they were interested in him. then he goes back to russia and spends over six months there. what did they do? did they follow him around? that's a question we need an answer to. >> so what are the answers to these questions? we are not a police state, and yet this was someone around whom there were red flags. >> yeah, and look. there certainly was information provided by russian security service to the fbi, but we have to put that into context. the russian fsb and other agencies are no
nbc news terrorism analyst evan coleman is joining me in studio. i want to thank you for being here. let's talk about radicalization, because we heard from former white house counterterrorism expert richard clark this morning. let's listen to what he had to say. >> how do you tell when someone gets radicalized? they're normal, they're happy kids in cambridge, then something happens. a switch is flipped. how can the fbi, how can homeland security notice when that happens? what i want to...
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nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams is in washington. nbc's ron allen outside boston's beth israel medical center where, again, the suspect and many of the victims are being treated. let's start with the investigation, pete. what are investigators doing today? >> well, today is very much like any kind of a bombing investigation would be after all of the concern of yesterday is out of the window, now that he is in custody. and that means going through all of his communications. there will be several tracts here, who has he been talking to? what is on his computer? who has he been e-mailing? what has he been looking at on the internet is he has not traveled outside the country, unlike his brother. is he in touch with people overseas? are there people with whom he was in contact? was he inspired by others? what caused him to become radical? did he get money to do this? where did he buy the bomb parts? these are questioning he is they are looking at energy addition to going through the pictures this received to see if they got better images
nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams is in washington. nbc's ron allen outside boston's beth israel medical center where, again, the suspect and many of the victims are being treated. let's start with the investigation, pete. what are investigators doing today? >> well, today is very much like any kind of a bombing investigation would be after all of the concern of yesterday is out of the window, now that he is in custody. and that means going through all of his communications....
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nbc news correspondent kerry sanders was on the "today" show from watertown when police told him to take cover. >> the officers started yelling get down. >> the uncle of the surviving brother pleaded with his uncle. >> if you are alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness from the victims, from the injured. >> just as dusk was falling tonight, another break in the manhunt and for the second night in a row a suburban boston neighborhood was on pins and needles jarred by something that sure sounded like gunfire. after more than 24 hours of searching, police seem to finally have the remaining suspect in the marathon bombings cornered. police say a resident here in watertown called in to report blood in a backyard leading to a boat where police believe the suspect was hiding. as an ambulance left the area around 9:00 p.m. eastern time tonight -- >> the suspect is in custody. >> the crowd cheered. in the end, it had all come down to ordinary citizens rallying to help the authorities. the younger brother now in a boston hospital undergoing treatment and of course authorities would very mu
nbc news correspondent kerry sanders was on the "today" show from watertown when police told him to take cover. >> the officers started yelling get down. >> the uncle of the surviving brother pleaded with his uncle. >> if you are alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness from the victims, from the injured. >> just as dusk was falling tonight, another break in the manhunt and for the second night in a row a suburban boston neighborhood was on pins and...
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. >> nbc news pete williams, as this develops, i'm sure we'll be coming back to you for more, thanks for joining us today. >>> also joining the panel now is bbc world news america africaor, katty kay. one of the first investigation questions we're seeing, perhaps not surprisingly because we live and work in a particularly heated partisan times is whether or not there were failures in terms of the fbi gathering intelligence, given the fact that this guy was kind of already on the radar and flagged by the russian government. >> we saw this after 9/11 and we're going to see it again. what did they know, what should they have known before he went to russia and after he came back. quiet has to be asked and it will be asked and eventually it will be answered. you also have the investigation itself. they have to still lock down this case against this young man. he's presumed innocent in this country. and you have to be careful even using the, the imminent threat exemption here. any evidence they get from him without the miranda could be thrown out in court and could undermine the case. >> i
. >> nbc news pete williams, as this develops, i'm sure we'll be coming back to you for more, thanks for joining us today. >>> also joining the panel now is bbc world news america africaor, katty kay. one of the first investigation questions we're seeing, perhaps not surprisingly because we live and work in a particularly heated partisan times is whether or not there were failures in terms of the fbi gathering intelligence, given the fact that this guy was kind of already on the...
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it may have been word to the effect of coming to party, in new york. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is here to sort it all out. pete, what do you know? >> i think that is the assessment of new york's officials that if they were going to new york, it was not to commit another bombing. this whole thing got started when the owner of the car jacked car said he thought he heard them while speaking a foreign language say, manhattan, indicating maybe they were going there. but what you heard the police commissioner seems to be the current assessment of that. >> all right. pete williams in washington. thank you very much. >> okay. >> let's head across town to capitol hill where kelly o'donnell is following political reactions to the investigation. kelly, we do understand that all senators will have the opportunity to be briefed about boston tomorrow. what can you tell us about that angle? >> they have this meeting already scheduled. they do it periodically where they give senators insights on classified material from the administration. and so this is an opportunity now to foc
it may have been word to the effect of coming to party, in new york. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is here to sort it all out. pete, what do you know? >> i think that is the assessment of new york's officials that if they were going to new york, it was not to commit another bombing. this whole thing got started when the owner of the car jacked car said he thought he heard them while speaking a foreign language say, manhattan, indicating maybe they were going there....